Giorgi Asanidze ( ka, გიორგი ასანიძე; born 30 August 1975 in

Sachkhere Sachkhere ( ka, საჩხერე) is a town at the northern edge of the Imereti Province in Western Georgia. It is the center of the Sachkhere Municipality. Farming is a major contributor to the economy of Sachkhere. Alva LLC estimates th ...

) is a former

Georgian Georgian may refer to: Common meanings * Anything related to, or originating from Georgia (country) ** Georgians, an indigenous Caucasian ethnic group ** Georgian language, a Kartvelian language spoken by Georgians **Georgian scripts, three scrip ...

weightlifter Olympic weightlifting, or Olympic-style weightlifting (officially named Weightlifting), is a sport in which athletes compete in lifting a barbell loaded with weight plates from the ground to overhead, with each athlete trying to successfully lif ...

, Olympic Champion, World Champion, and three time European Champion who competed in the 85 kg and 77 kg categories.

Career

Weightlifting

He competed at the

2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 ( Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from ...

where he won a bronze medal (all three medalists had the same total of 390 kg, but the medals were determined by lowest body weight), and the 2004 Summer Olympics where he won gold. He is currently the coach for the Georgian National Weightlifting Team, including European medalist Goga Chkheidze, European champion Shota Mishvelidze, Olympic bronze medalist Anton Pliesnoi, and two-time Olympic champion

Lasha Talakhadze Lasha Talakhadze ( ka, ლაშა ტალახაძე; born 2 October 1993) is a Georgian weightlifter, holding the all-time world records regardless of weight category in the snatch (225 kg), the clean and jerk (267 kg) and the total (49 ...

Government

He was elected to the

Parliament of Georgia The Parliament of Georgia ( ka, საქართველოს პარლამენტი, tr) is the supreme national legislature of Georgia. It is a unicameral parliament, currently consisting of 150 members; of these, 120 are proporti ...

from the United National Movement in 2004. He was reelected in the May 2008 Parliamentary election from

Tbilisi Tbilisi ( ; ka, თბილისი ), in some languages still known by its pre-1936 name Tiflis ( ), is the capital and the largest city of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Kura River with a population of approximately 1.5 million p ...

’s Gldani constituency on the same party ticket.

Major results

Career bests

* Snatch: 181 kg * Clean and jerk: 210 kg * Total: 391 kg 2000 European Championship in the class to 85 kg.

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Asanidze, George 1975 births Living people People from Sachkhere Male weightlifters from Georgia (country) Olympic weightlifters of Georgia (country) Olympic gold medalists for Georgia (country) Olympic bronze medalists for Georgia (country) Olympic medalists in weightlifting Weightlifters at the 2000 Summer Olympics Weightlifters at the 2004 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Members of the Parliament of Georgia United National Movement (Georgia) politicians Recipients of the Presidential Order of Excellence European Weightlifting Championships medalists World Weightlifting Championships medalists